My Life. My Views

Chak De, India! is special movie. For a lot of reasons. It deals with not just one, but many issues together. It brings out them all out very subtly. It kind of revived the so-called-national-sport of our country, hockey! And whats best!? I actually got to see the first teaser of Aaja Nachle before the show commenced! Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!! 😀

Ok coming back to Chak de, what I liked best about the movie was the fact that it was based on Hockey and a classic case of fighting against all odds!!

What do you do if you play a sport (supposedly the national sport) in a country where Cricket is not a sport but a religion? What do you do, when you are a team of 16 women who have the aim of going for the world cup – Not just the association, but even they know they will not win!!! So, the morale amongst the players is well… abysmal! What do you do, when the players are divided amongst themselves based on their states? What do you do, when your two best forwards are rivals and end up playing not for the team but for themselves!?

What do you do when you have a bunch of MCPs as part of the association, who firmly believe that girls should be in the kitchen with the chakla, nikkar pehen kar kahan kahan ghumti firengi?

Some people say the movie is about Shahrukh Khan. NO! The movie is not about Shahrukh Khan! It is about a common cause, for which the entire team is fighting. In the last speech he says,

These 70 mins of your life you will never get back! So, go and play, like you have never played before. Go and play for all those men, for all those friends who did not believe in you! And did not want u to pursue your dream! Go play for yourselves! These are your 70 minutes and even if God wants now, he cant take them away from you!

The movie is all about fighting for your rights! Working like mad to make your place, your stand!! Keeping the team first and your own self later! Working together as a team of India and not individual states! And most importantly, HOPE! That success will be yours!

Shahrukh’s character Kabir Khan says in the movie

Play for India first. Then play for your team and if you have any strenght left after that, play for yourself!

This says a lot! The movie is also a tale of a sportsman who is stamped as a traitor, because he loses the Men’s hockey world cup final. The humiliation and insult he has to bear and way he comes out of it, by coaching the women’s team and making something happen, which was unthinkable!

The movie is all about the spirit of sportsmanship, about being a fighter and most importantly, about being an Indian!

Shahrukh’s one of the memorable performances. I liked the statement made by him very much. I truly appreciate the dialogue writer ( I guess sometimes we forget these subtle actors behind the screen ). Overall the movie and performances in it are outstanding.
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I should be watching it since everybody is recommending.. But somehow am still sceptical about it…Shah Rukh khan, Yashraj Films…kinda scary combination for me.. 😛

And why do i keep feeling I have heard them all before…when you talk about.. what this movie is all about… Lagaan may be.. but yeah that was Cricket and Men.. This is hockey and women definately commendable… But that was Aamir (My man) and this is Shah Rukh (Me making sick face)

the movie is awesome , i all its forms
. i have seen the movie twice in 4 days and i am planning to see it again. look out for the finesse in shahrukh’s acting , the direction is no less than outstanding and the matches are damn real . No wonders movie theaters have somewhat transformed into hockey stadiums. i am a die hard shahrukh fan but this was a performance i was long yearning for , this bestows a great sense of patriotism in oneself , so do watch it out !!!!!!!!!

As you correctly mention, this is not a movie about SRK and his acting… it’s about various issues which exists in real life in our country… issues like women sports, future of sports other than Cricket and above the religionism and communalism…

Last but not the least, if u havent watched the movie yet then go n watch it else “nahi to ek hockey dunga main rakhe!!!” 😉

Hey Friends,, CHAK DE was really a rocker movie.Rocker in the sense of 16 women hockey players wearing nickers(as said by the associations)brings world cup home …The dialog of 70 MINUTES really works for the girls……………

this movie was awesome!!it gave an amazing message to every1 tht we shud b proud to b an indian!!This message was beautifully conveyed thruout and the funny dialouges in da middle.With Sharukh’s great performance,and the aweosme acting of the girls of the hockey team,it made every1 say….CHAK DE!